Card delivered in "OEM" version, that is to say delivered in a neutral box and with drivers to download from the LSI website (www.broadcom.com). Uses the SAS2008 controller found on the 9200 series (e.g. 9211-8i, 9240-8i, 9217-8i etc...).

Main advantage of this version: it has 7-point “ Sata ” type connectors and not SFF-8087.

Features :

Eight internal 6Gbps Sata +SAS ports with 7-pin Sata connectors,
LSI SAS2008 chipset,
PCIe 2.0 8x type card,
Supports 1.5G, 3G and 6G speeds.
Passive Copper cable support,
Support up to 512 devices in non- Raid mode,

Windows Vista/XP/7/8/8.1/10, Windows Server 2003/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2 FreeBSD 7.2.0, 7.4.0, 8.2.0, 8.3.0, 8.4.0, 9.0.0, 9.1. 0, 9.1.0, 9.2.0, 10.0.0 CentOS 6/6.3, Citrix 5/6, Debian 6.0.5, Fedora 17/18, OEL 5/6, OVM 3, RHEL 4/5/6, SLES 9 /10/11, Ubuntu 10.04/11.10/12.04 FreeBSD 7.2.0, 7.4.0, 8.2.0, 8.3.0, 9.0.0, 9.1.0 Solaris VMware.

Card delivered with Low and High Profile brackets.

Card delivered in "OEM" version, that is to say delivered in a neutral box and with drivers to download from the LSI website (www.broadcom.com). Uses the SAS2008 controller found on the 9200 series (e.g. 9211-8i, 9240-8i, 9217-8i etc...). Main advantage of this version: it has 7-point “ Sata ” type connectors and not SFF-8087. Eight internal 6Gbps Sata +SAS ports with 7-pin Sata connectors, Support up to 512 devices in non- Raid mode, Windows Vista/XP/7/8/8.1/10, Windows Server 2003/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2 FreeBSD 7.2.0, 7.4.0, 8.2.0, 8.3.0, 8.4.0, 9.0.0, 9.1. 0, 9.1.0, 9.2.0, 10.0.0 CentOS 6/6.3, Citrix 5/6, Debian 6.0.5, Fedora 17/18, OEL 5/6, OVM 3, RHEL 4/5/6, SLES 9 /10/11, Ubuntu 10.04/11.10/12.04 FreeBSD 7.2.0, 7.4.0, 8.2.0, 8.3.0, 9.0.0, 9.1.0 Solaris VMware. Card delivered with Low